Shele bracket



C E. TISDALE SHELF BRACKET Filed Nov. 16. 1951 Patented May 39, 1933 PATENT OFFICE CHARLES E. EISDALE, OF WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA SHELF BRACKET Application filed November 16,1931.

This invention relates to shelf brackets, and aims to provide means in the form of a receptacle or cup for containing liquid, the receptacle being so arranged that the liquid held therein will act as a barrier to prevent ants or other noxious insects from passing to the shelf, supported by the bracket.

An important object of the invention is to provide a bracket of this character which may be constructed of a length of wrought iron material, bent in such a way as to provide right angled end portions formed with openings to receive securing screws for se curing the bracket to a support and its shelf.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure l is an elevational View of a bracket constructed in accordance with the present invention, a portion of the container or cup having been broken away.

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the bracket is indicated generally by the reference character 5 and comprises a length of wrought iron material constructed to provide an upper end portion 6. lower end portion 7, and an intermediate offset portion 8.

The intermediate ofiset portion 8 is formed by extending a portion of the body portion inwardly as at 9 and upwardly, the upward ly extended portion merging into the end portion 6.

The reference character 10 designates a container which is in the form of a cup, the container being formed with a central opening rectangular in formation to correspond with the rectangular formation of the bracket, so that the container or cup will be held in an upright position at all times.

It will of course be understood that the Serial No. 575,406.

container or cup may be secured to the bracket by solder or other securing means, so that the container or cup will be held against movement longitudinally of the bracket. In the use of the bracket, the bracket is secured to 55 a supporting wall, so that it would be impossible for an insect to pass onto the shelf from the supporting wall, the inner edge of the shelf being supported in spaced relation with the supporting wall.

The lower end portion of the bracket is secured to a supporting wall or other supporting structure by means of the screws 11.

The upper end portion 6 of the bracket is secured to the shelf 12, by means of screws 05 13, that are shown as passed through the bracket.

The liquid in the cup, may be of any desired nature, and if so desired, may contain a poisonous substance to kill the ants or insects that find their way into the liquid, in an effort to pass onto the shelf.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is.

A shelf bracket comprising a bar of rectangular cross section, having openings to receive securing screws to secure the bracket to a supporting surface, said bar having an intermediate laterally extended portion and r, an upwardly extended portion spaced an ap- W preciable distance from the supporting surface and terminating in a laterally extended upper shelf supporting portion formed with screw openings to receive shelf securing screws, and a container for containing poison- W ous liquid, mounted on the upwardly extended portion of the bracket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixed my signa- P ture.

CHARLES E. TISDALE. 

